San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-02-07

monthly excursion tThlnb ONcI thO
Southern Pacific rullroad from eastern
points to San Francisco the managers OF
the excursions have wisely concluded TO
place an extra train on the road this
month.
MIR. Jas. Courand, OF Castroville,
was in the city last week and went back
home and reported that san Antonio
was dull. Wonder how Is Csstrovilie,
them Mr.. Courand Is engaged 10 put
ting In waterworks at CastrOville.
Salvation OIL, the greatest cure on earth
for pain, rs an anocyne has no equal III cue
market. IL Kills pain every time. Price %
Genus.
The latest riddle out: Why was my baby's
last attack of Group like this parsgrr pm be
cause II was very sn RI and ended win thht
wonderful cure, DR.. Bulls Cough syrup.
Price y cents.
"A small fire was discovered In the
residence OF Mr.. Graves, near the corner
OF avenue G and 9th street, Saturday,
but WAS extinguished before an alarm
was given.
-Messrs. Harmon 81 Somers are the
new penitentiary contractors. Ex-Con-
tractor McCulloch will, he says. engage
In the livery business at Dallas.
superintendent II. G. Flemming, OF
the International and Great Northern
railway, passed through In special car
yesterday, for Laredo. He returned and
left for Palestine this morning.
The collector Of internal revenue
for this district has approved the S2,0O
bond OF the new San Antonio Brewing
Company.
The Jolly IL have decided to dis
band their organization. The balance OF
$50 now In the treasury, will probably
be "blowed In" In grand ball and sup
per, shortly.
Meeting Of the building committee
and directors ofthe San Antonio club to-
morrow night, when the new club house
will probably be turned over by the
contractor.
The peoples convention tonight can
add much strength to their ticket by
unanimously endorsing for aldermen at
large such men as A. Belknap. Dan
Lewis, Fritz Schreiner and j. N. Gal
lsgher.
The contract between Manager
Rische, of the Grand opera-house, and
the Saengerfest committee, for the use
OF the Grand for five nights and mat
inee, 5000. will be signed today. Man
ager Rische donates 500 of this sum to
the Saengerfest.
-Thedore Welter, the handsome mix
ologist at SoholZ's saloon, went home
Saturday evening and was surprised to
find another little stranger there, boy,
awaiting him. Mother and child ale
dong well. but Theodore is taking iced
seltZer in his today.
Jay MINER relieved the chairman's
embarrassment in appointing that CON-
mittee on credentials Saturday night by
handing him a written list out of his
pocket. OF course he had no trouble In
appointing the IN then, and got seven re
publicans and three democrats on the
committee.
Conductor G. w. Bruffey, of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, with headquarters at Den
isOn, after spending several days very
pleasantly with friends in this city, left
this morning to return to his post of
duty. Conductor Brufey expressed
himself highly pleased with San An
tonic. and more especially with those
Two charming young ladies that had him
in charge last Saturday night at Schools
garden.
The San Antonio correspondent of
the Fort Worth Mail in his Hispatch Of
February 3, says. in his account
OF l0e august lJduA sulClut,
that 1t was Herman Laux who suicided
Herman is alive and the correspondent
should not have made the mistake. As
the ma jOr part of the dispatch WAS taken
word for word fOm the LIGHT, he should
indeed have gotten the name in cor
rectly.
Freight Engineers Ben Pickren and
John Phillips will very probably be pro-
NOTED TO passenger engineers on the
new night express to be put on between
San Antonio and Houston. Messrs. War
ner Murray and Tom Davidson will
very likely become conductors on the
new trains. This will be only one half
the gang. The other half will be put on
from the New Orleans end.